New Layout and Design

If you check my blog often, you'll notice that I've been toying with the layouts and settings for the past week. I think I've finally decided on a layout, so thanks for being patient and enduring all the changes. However--I have noticed that my followers gadget has vanished. After doing some investigating--I've learned that it's a problem with Blogger/Google. I've submitted my request for help; hopefully it gets fixed soon because the gaping hole where my followers should be just looks stupid. A few weeks ago, Blogger had another glitch and was temporarily down---this encouraged me to backup my blog. So, if you keep a blog and haven't backed it up in awhile---do it soon so you don't lose all of your posts.